Gun-sight.



No. 793,016. PATENTED JUNE 20', 1905.

s. M. MURRAY.

GUN SIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'8, 1903-.-

WITNESSES INVENTOR Tiaras UNITED Patented June 20, 1905.

ATENT heron.

GUN-SlGqHT.

SPECIFIGATiON-forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,016, dated June 20,1905.

Application vfiled August 8, 1903. Serial No. 168,822. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it--kn0wn that I, SIDNEY M. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marysvale, in the county of Piute and State of Utah, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Gun-Sights, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in gun-sights; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinai'terdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

, In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of thebarrel of .a firearm, showing the improved sight applied thereto. Fig. 2is a rear end elevation of the sight. Fig. 3 is a transverse verticalsection therethrough. Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of the complete sight, showing the bead removedtherefrom.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views. l

The numerall designates the muzzle ex tremityofa rifle or shotgun barreland has extending across the upper portion thereof a dovetail groove 2to receive a correspondingly-shaped base-flange 3, depending from a base4, from the center of which rises the sight-body 5, formed with verticalwalls which serve to form a longitudinal recess 6, opening out throughthe front end 7 and terminating at a rear closed wall 8 of less verticalextent than the rear maximum height of the sightbody. The upper edge 9of the sight-body inclines continuously downwardly from the rear towardthe front end, and extending through one side of-the body near the topis a set-screw 10. The bead or sight-piece 11 is intended to beconstructed of any suitable material adapted for the purposesuchasivory, brass, copper, tin, or other substancewhich may be colored asdesired. This bead is of approximately the same contour as the bodywithin the confines of the recess, but is of greater said upper edge 9,will project above the lat-' ter edge. After the beadis inserted in therecess 6 it contacts with the bottom and rear wall thereof. A set-screw10 is tightened and impinges against one side of the bead to hold thelatter firmly in applied position. At any time that it may be desired tosubstitute one beadfor another the screw 10 is loosened,

when the bead may be readily forced out of the sight-body by the use ofa penknife blade or other small implement, and the substitute bead isthen inserted and secured by the setscrew.

It is proposed to equip the sight with a number of beads ofdiiferent-colors and materials, so that the user of a firearm having theimproved sight thereon may readily change the V bead. Itwill also beunderstood that changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minordetails may be resorted to without in the least departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new is Agun-sight comprising the muzzle extremity having a dovetail grooveextending transversely across its upper surface, a base-flangehaving'another base-flange depending therefrom having opposite sideedgeswhich correspond to the shape of the dovetail groove, a centralsight-body mounted on the firstmentioned base-flange having verticalwalls extending upwardly therefrom, said walls being spaced apart toform a recess between them, the Walls being further provided with openfront ends and also having a wall for closing the rear ends, said rearwall being of v a less vertical extent than the height of the sideWalls, one of the side walls being provided with a side opening, theupper edges of the walls being continuously inclined downwardly to theirouter ends, a bead or sightpiece constructed to conform totheconfiguration of the shape of the side walls, said one side ofthe heador sight-piece, suhstmr sight serving to be mounted in the recess so itially as specified. I0

as to Contact with the bottom of the recess E In testimony whereoflaffixmysignaturein presence of two Witnesses.

and against the rear Wall, the sight-piece be- SIDNEY M. MURRAY.

I 1 ing vertically higher than the side Walls and I extending above theupper edge surfaces of \Vitnesses: .the same, and means passing throughthe SAMUEL L. PAGE, opening in the side Wall and impinging againstMQLLIE PAGE.

